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1. A condition (mostly in boys) characterized by behavioral and learning disorders.
4. Discrimination in favor of the able-bodied.
10. Being one hundred more than two hundred.
13. A constellation in the southern hemisphere near Telescopium and Norma.
14. United States writer of caustic wit (1842-1914).
15. A column of light (as from a beacon).
16. Extremely pleasing.
17. The cardinal number that is the sum of eight and one.
18. A federal agency established to coordinate programs aimed at reducing pollution and protecting the environment.
19. Small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World.
21. A city in the western Netherlands.
23. A primeval personification of air and breath.
25. Large burrowing rodent of South and Central America.
26. A woman hired to suckle a child of someone else.
29. An indistinct shapeless form.
32. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
36. An informal term for a father.
37. (folklore) A small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings.
40. Inspired by a feeling of fearful wonderment or reverence.
42. A white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily.
44. According to the Old Testament he was a pagan king of Israel and husband of Jezebel (9th century BC).
48. A midnight meeting of witches to practice witchcraft and sorcery.
55. A self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement.
56. An Arab country on the peninsula of Qatar.
58. A ruler of the Inca Empire (or a member of his family).
59. A unit of length of thread or yarn.
60. (Scottish folklore) Water spirit in the form of a horse that likes to drown its riders.
62. Lacking in light.
63. A metric unit of volume or capacity equal to 10 liters.
64. A city in western Germany near the Dutch and Belgian borders.
65. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.
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1. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
2. (informal) Exceptionally good.
3. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
4. At right angles to the length of a ship or airplane.
5. A container.
6. Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR (1870-1924).
7. A strong emotion.
8. A thin straight surgical knife used in dissection and surgery.
9. (Greek mythology) A princess of Colchis who aided Jason in taking the Golden Fleece from her father.
10. Of or relating to a creed.
11. A strip of land projecting into a body of water.
12. A bluish shade of green.
20. A member of the Siouan people formerly living in the Missouri river valley in NE Nebraska.
22. A ballistic missile that is capable of traveling from one continent to another.
24. Angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object).
27. The sound made by a cat (or any sound resembling this).
28. A French abbot.
30. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
31. Related to or located at the back.
33. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
34. A highly unstable radioactive element (the heaviest of the halogen series).
35. An international organization of European countries formed after World War II to reduce trade barriers and increase cooperation among its members.
38. A defeat of the Persian army by the Greeks in 479 BC.
39. An official prosecutor for a judicial district.
41. A light touch or stroke.
43. A member of an extinct North American Indian people who lived in the Pit river valley in northern California.
45. A dialect of Chinese spoken in southeastern China.
46. The lofty nest of a bird of prey (such as a hawk or eagle).
47. Date used in reckoning dates before the supposed year Christ was born.
49. A particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography).
50. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
51. The 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
52. Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect.
53. Harsh or corrosive in tone.
54. A language unit by which a person or thing is known.
57. Considerate and solicitous care.
61. Half the width of an em.
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